Realtor.com recently released its 2015 housing forecast, including a prediction that millennials would return to home buying. "If access to credit improves, we could see substantially larger numbers of young buyers in the market," said Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for Realtor.com. "However, given a high dependency on financial qualifications, this activity will be skewed to geographic areas with higher affordability, such as the Midwest and South."

Among the report's other predictions is a list of 10 emerging markets that are likely to accelerate in the new year. Here are those top 10 markets for 2015.